--- title: Search brands that don't sell on Shopify in the Catalog... description: The beta Catalog API now supports a 'sources' parameter for including products from brands that don't sell on Shopify. Omitting the parameter or setting it to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/search-brands-that-don-t-sell-on-shopify-in-the-catalog-api-beta--jep31hxyo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Search brands that don't sell on Shopify in the Catalog API (beta) | daily.dev og:description: The beta Catalog API now supports a 'sources' parameter for including products from brands that don't sell on Shopify. Omitting the parameter or setting it to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/search-brands-that-don-t-sell-on-shopify-in-the-catalog-api-beta--jep31hxyo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JEp31HXYo.png og:image:alt: Search brands that don't sell on Shopify in the Catalog API (beta) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Search brands that don't sell on Shopify in the Catalog API (beta) **[Shopify Developer changelog](https://daily.dev/sources/shopifychangelog)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The beta Catalog API now supports a 'sources' parameter for including products from brands that don't sell on Shopify. Omitting the parameter or setting it to ['shopify'] keeps results limited to Shopify merchants, while ['shopify', 'external'] or ['external'] pulls in outside brands too. External products always return a status, so shoppers can't check out through Shopify and these items don't earn Promoted Placements commission. Each external product includes a description, image, price, and a link to the brand's own site. During the beta, external product data only returns for shoppers in the United States. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I include products from brands that don't sell on Shopify in the Catalog API search results? Set the 'sources' parameter to ['shopify', 'external'] on the existing search method, or to ['external'] to return only non-Shopify brands. Omitting the parameter keeps results limited to Shopify merchant products, so no existing calls need to change. This is part of the beta Catalog API and currently only returns external products for shoppers located in the United States. _Developers wiring up Shopify search integrations can track API beta changes like this on daily.dev._ ### Can shoppers buy external, non-Shopify products directly through the Shopify Catalog API? No, external products always return a non-purchasable status, meaning shoppers can't complete checkout through Shopify. Instead each external product includes a description, image, price, and a link to the brand's own product page where the purchase is completed. These external products also don't earn Promoted Placements commission. _Teams evaluating catalog and checkout integrations follow API nuances like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Filter Catalog search results by media type](https://daily.dev/posts/filter-catalog-search-results-by-media-type-znzoe2u1m) · Shopify Developer changelog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Shopify taught AI to spot duplicate products. Here’s why retailers are scrambling.](https://daily.dev/posts/shopify-taught-ai-to-spot-duplicate-products-here-s-why-retailers-are-scrambling--4wa9y33v1) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [A new app, The Mall, is building a universal feed for online shopping](https://daily.dev/posts/a-new-app-the-mall-is-building-a-universal-feed-for-online-shopping-hpg77p0lm) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Brands are upset that ‘Buy For Me’ is featuring their products on Amazon without permission](https://daily.dev/posts/brands-are-upset-that-buy-for-me-is-featuring-their-products-on-amazon-without-permission-hh05g9may) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#ecommerce](https://daily.dev/tags/ecommerce), [#shopify](https://daily.dev/tags/shopify) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/search-brands-that-don-t-sell-on-shopify-in-the-catalog-api-beta--jep31hxyo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Search brands that don't sell on Shopify in the Catalog API (beta)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/search-brands-that-don-t-sell-on-shopify-in-the-catalog-api-beta--jep31hxyo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/search-brands-that-don-t-sell-on-shopify-in-the-catalog-api-beta--jep31hxyo"},"datePublished":"2026-10-27T10:02:58.604Z","dateModified":"2026-10-27T10:03:23.894Z","description":"The beta Catalog API now supports a 'sources' parameter for including products from brands that don't sell on Shopify. 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